The shockwave formed by Inner Focus condensed into an almost tangible blue beam beneath the water, striking precisely at the center of the school.
At the moment of the explosion, invisible force pressed the seawater into a massive depression. White spray erupted in every direction, as if a depth charge had been dropped into a calm sea.
More than a dozen Carvanha were instantly knocked unconscious by the shockwave. Their bodies rolled belly-up and floated to the surface, drifting with the waves.
The two Whirlpools that followed came from the left and right like two closing doors, trapping the remaining Carvanha school between them.
The whirlpools spun faster and tightened further. The currents collided violently at their meeting point, forming a towering wall of water.
The Carvanha that failed to escape in time were swept inside, tumbling and crashing about in the rapidly spinning current. They lost all sense of direction, like leaves tossed into a washing machine, completely unable to control their bodies.
Just as the Whirlpools were about to close, two shadows suddenly accelerated out from the edges of the vortices.
With astonishing explosive speed, two Sharpedo slipped through the gap at the last possible moment before the Whirlpools closed.
Their dorsal fins broke the surface, kicking up two trails of white spray. Without slowing in the slightest, they charged toward the inflatable boat like underwater torpedoes.
Their teeth gleamed with a cold white light beneath the sun, and their eye sockets were filled with bloodthirsty ferocity.
"Quagsire, Milotic!" Xinhai spoke rapidly, but every word was clear and forceful. "Water Pulse, intercept them head-on!"
"Woo!!"
Milotic's body suddenly tensed in the seawater. Its long neck rose as a basketball-sized blue Energy Ball condensed in its mouth.
The water sphere spun at high speed, fine ripples of energy flowing